SpaceX’s Starship program encountered another setback when its Super Heavy booster and Starship rocket exploded during the ninth test flight, marking the third failure in succession. The uncrewed mission from Texas aimed to develop a 400-foot-tall rocket system for transporting cargo and people to orbit, the Moon, and Mars, but ended with a booster detonation and a critical fuel leak causing the Starship’s explosion during reentry. Despite the challenges, CEO Elon Musk expressed optimism on Twitter, promising to increase launch frequencies to one every three to four weeks and emphasizing the importance of learning from failures to enhance reliability.
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